World History Unit 7

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Middle Ages

European history--from Rome's fall to the Renaissance

The basic component a nation does NOT need to become industrialized is:

Fertile soil

steam engine

able to power the machines; more versatile use of power

Crusades

attempts to free the Holy Land from the Muslims

free-enterprise system

businesses competing for profit without undue government intervention

Industrial Revolution

change from hand power to machine power

Whitney

cotton gin

Fulton and Stephenson developed steam locomotives.

false

The following groups of people became factory workers:

farmers women and children skilled artisans

steam locomotive

faster and safer than road travel; could carry freight overland

Kay

flying shuttle

The blast furnace:

has great quantities of air forced throughout

profit motive

investing at a risk for financial gain

Coke, an essential improvement in the iron industry:

is coal with certain impurities removed

improved road building

made road travel safer, more enjoyable, with fewer delays

The Industrial Revolution needed:

many new inventions

steam ship

not having to rely on wind power provided quicker distribution of goods

Gutenberg

printing press

Effects the Crusades had in sparking the industrial age included:

revived interest in trade revived interest in business increased desire to be prosperous and productive

The factory worker bore the brunt of the factory system through the stifling of his:

self-worth creativity dignity

Hargreaves

spinning Jenny

Patterns monasteries established for helping industry included:

strict discipline specific work responsibilities

Steel is iron:

that has certain minerals added

Positive advantages of the machine age were:

that it supplied jobs that it improved the economy that it increased productivity

Early factories were located by rivers so they could operate by water power.

true

Newcomen and Watt made improvements in the steam engine.

true


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